Portable irrigating-hydrant.



E. M. SPIEKERMAN.'

PORTABLE IRRIGATING HYDRANT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1, I916.

Patented Apr; 23, 1918.

EWALD lVI. SIPIEKERMAN, OF LODI, CALIFORNIA.

PORTABLE IRRIGATING-HYDRANT.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Apr. 23, 191%.

Application filed February 1, 1916. Serial No. 75,478.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EWALD M. SPIEKER- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Loch, in the county of San Joaquin, State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPortable Irrigating-Hydrants; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the sameyreference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the charac ters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in hydrants used on irrigatingpipe lines, the object of the invention being to produce a simple andeffective hydrant which may be transported from outlet to outlet of anirrigating pipe line and easily and quickly inserted and secured overthe outlet prior to the valve in the outlet being unopened and the saidvalve being thereafter engaged and opened for discharging into thehydrant. I am aware that hydrants have been used for the same purposebut they usually have been complicated, heavy and expensive, and it isthe aim of my present invention to provide a substitute which will nothave these objectionable attributes.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposesfor which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete hydrant.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the upper side of the hydrant showing themanner of locking the cover in position thereon to prevent the overflowof water from the hydrant.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the hydrant as it appears when insertedover the pipe line outlet.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modified form of hydrant from that shownin the other views.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings my improved hydrant comprises primarily a cylindrical member 1,the inner surface of same flaring from one end to the other for apurpose as will presently appear. This member 1 is preferably made ofany light endurable metal such as galvanized iron or the like whereby itmay be readily lifted and transported from place to place it beingprovided with handles 2 or other suitable engaging means for thepurpose. Said body 1 has a discharge outlet 3 disposed at right anglesthereto. The upper end of the mem her 1 is provided with an outwardlyflaring or tapered portion 1 whereby the cap or cover 4 may befrictionally engaged therein to prevent the overflow of water, whichcover 4 may be further locked in position by means of a cross bar 5pivoted to the said member 1 and adapted to engage overhanging hooks 6secured to the portion 1 whereby the cover 4 may be securely forced intothe tapered portion 1 to prevent any possible overflow of the water fromthe hydrant.

In a great many instances this latter structure may not be needed andthe said body 1 may be made without a tapered end or cover, as shown inFig. 5, in which the numeral 1 designates the hydrant body having adischarge outlet 1.

The use of the hydrant is as follows, viz: The body portion 1 is placedover the upper edge of the discharge outlet 7 of the irrigating pipeline 8 and is forced over the same. By reason of the flaring innersurface of the said member 1 this causes the member to jamb or looksecurely around the outlet 7 to prevent any undue escape of the water.The inner surface of the hydrant 1 is flared so as to be at an angle tothe outer surface of the valved outlet so that there will be a point ofcontact only around one edge of the member 7. This construction servesthe double purpose of allowing the two to be wedged closely together andyet permits them to be more easily disassociated than would be possibleif the two surfaces paralleled each other and fit togethertelescopically. When the said hydrant is suitably wedged over the outlet7 the valve 9 is then opened readily through the opened top of the saidmember 1 and the water thereupon flows into the member 1 and out theoutlet 3. An irrigating hose such as those court means of a sliding ring3 mounted on the said member 3. If t he hyd-rant is desired for use withdischarge outletswhich are not suitably formed for receiving my improvedhydrant in the wedged relation mentioned, then the user could readilyform a ring of cement or other material around the outlet and thenfasten my improved hydrant over that with the same results.

As can readily be :seen, by the use of my improved tapered ,hydnant, thesame can be readily and quickly frictionally engaged With the (outlets,and when desired to transport the :same from :one outlet to the other,it is a very simple matter :to disengage the same :and take it frompoint to point.

In the now commonly used hydrant there are special fastening means whichmust be engaged or disengaged from the outlet which takes time andtrouble and also those made that manner are usually so heavy as torender it'll-102F601 less nrrpractrcable to transport them from :one:place to another.

From the foregoing description it can readily be seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new .and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A portable zhydrant for the valved outlet of irrigation pipe comprisinga cylindrical body, the inner sides of such body flarin-g out ofparallel to the outer sides of :the outlet whereby when the hydrant isfitted over the outlet the top edge of the sides of the outlet willimpinge and Wedge against the inner sides of the hydrant to form a tightjoint and at the same time to allow of the two to be easilydisassociated at will.

In. testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EVALD M. SPIEKE-RMAN.

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